There are some great firewalls out there, but for them to work properly, they must also be configured properly. The problem isn’t firewalls themselves – it’s the half-asleep, checkbox-ticking, “that’s how we’ve always done it” configurations that turn these security[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The art of the scam is a proud, if dishonorable, tradition dating back centuries—long before the first pilgrim was ever sold a turkey feather as a genuine “phoenix plume.” While the props have changed from snake oil to shady websites,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Credit to my son, Jacob Vanderburg, who thought of today’s comic.
A Quick Primer for the Non-Technical: Staging Area: A final testing environment that mimics the live product. Deprecated: A term for software, features, or entire modules that are considered obsolete and are scheduled for removal. Patch/Update: A piece of code[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Have you ever noticed that the moment a company needs to sell you something, the fundamental laws of mathematics take a coffee break? I went to a regular business school, but there must be a secret school where marketing majors[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We have outsourced our thinking to machines, and in doing so, we have apparently also outsourced our attention spans. The modern workflow for a shocking number of people is as follows: 1. Pose query to AI. 2. Highlight the text.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Navigating a modern superhero movie has become less of a leisure activity and more of a part-time job that requires its own certification. You don’t just buy a ticket and some popcorn anymore; you strap in for a doctoral thesis[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There was a time when a midlife crisis meant a new sports car and questionable hair decisions. For Gen X, that tradition still holds, though, to our credit, we’ve at least learned to buy better cars. I got a Jaguar[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
